Senior Security Operations Engineer
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Posted on Mar 11, 2025
Senior Security Operations Engineer
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Date posted
Mar 04, 2025
Job number
1812147
Work site
Microsoft on-site only
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Security Engineering
Discipline
Security Operations Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview
Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
- Lead the development and optimization of automation solutions to enhance Security Operations Centre (SOC) efficiency.
- Provide technical insight on advanced automation platforms, scalable automation solutions, and security engineering practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define scope, responsibilities, and automation strategies.
- Continuously improve automation frameworks to drive operational excellence and innovation.
- Mentor Early in Career engineers, fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing.
- Align with Microsoft’s values through teamwork, coaching, and leadership.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Security Operations or related automation roles.
- Strong leadership experience, with the ability to mentor, guide, and inspire a team.
- Proven track record of driving innovation and implementing automation solutions at scale.
- Extensive experience with security automation tools such as SOAR, SIEM, and scripting-based automation frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Cloud Security Technologies such as Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender, MDE, Azure Data Explorer, and Azure Log Analytics.
- Experience with automation tools such as Logic Apps, Power Automate, or similar Low Code/No Code platforms.
- Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, PowerShell, or equivalent for automating security tasks.
- Experience with data processing and analysis using KQL, SQL, Splunk, or PowerBI.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, DevOps methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments and adapt to evolving security challenges.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate with security analysts, engineers, and leadership to drive automation initiatives.
- Passion for innovation, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and emerging technologies.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement advanced automation solutions to improve security operations efficiency and effectiveness.
- Identify and drive automation opportunities, integrating AI/ML where applicable.
- Contribute to engineering requirements that enhance security posture through automation and innovation.
- Work with security teams to enhance detection, triage, and response processes using automation.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of automation platforms.
Develop and maintain technical documentation related to automation workflows and integrations. - Analyze operational performance data and identify opportunities for automation-driven enhancements.
- Partner across teams to drive holistic solutions to systemic security challenges.
- Drive innovation by researching and implementing cutting-edge automation technologies and methodologies.
- Support SOC teams by developing automation tools for precision alerting, faster triage, and optimized response processes.
- Advocate for automation best practices and innovative solutions within the organization.
- Provide leadership and strategic direction to the automation team, guiding project execution and technical decisions.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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